Team spirit, resilience, and adaptability key to JT-60SA repairs
After a year-long shutdown for repairs, the joint Japanese-European fusion device JT-60SA eyes a restart of operations and first plasma in 2023.
Spain’s King and Queen support IFMIF-DONES partnership with Croatia
The presence in Zagreb of the King and Queen of Spain, the President of Croatia, Zoran Milanović, the Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, and 14 ambassadors from different countries certifies the international support for IFMIF-DONES.
This discovery made ITER possible
Forty years ago, physicists at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics found a new plasma state that could be particularly suitable for energy production: the H-mode. On 8 November 1982, the corresponding paper was published, giving fusion research a worldwide boost. To this day, the investigation of the H-mode is one of their most important fields of work.
EUROfusion welcomes new partner from Norway
EUROfusion aims to bring together Europe’s best minds to develop fusion as a clean, safe and sustainable energy source. That is why we are thrilled to welcome UiT the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) as an associate partner to our consortium!
A big step in a small community: Hungary develops first ITER-sized pellet
Less than two years ago, ELKH’s Centre for Energy Research – Fusion Plasma Physics Department won a tender from ITER to build a support laboratory to develop and test technology for the safe shutdown of fusion devices.
KIT celebrated MaPLE facility re-launch
At the labs of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, a newly refurbished research facility was inaugurated on 14 October 2022. The Magnetohydro-dynamic PbLi Experiment or MaPLE will investigate magneto-hydrodynamic effects in a liquid metal flowing in magnetic, temperature, and gravity fields. MaPLE uses a mixture of molten lead and lithium, providing an attractive option […]
Fusion: science, not fiction
In this 5-minute video, the European Liberal Forum think tank in Brussels interviews Tony Donné (EUROfusion) about the exciting path towards fusion energy. Features an introduction by fusion expert Athina Kappatou (IPP). Check out the video on YouTube.
The Project podcast: building a star on earth
“Fusion, thirty years away? I think it’s coming closer now.” EUROfusion programme manager Tony Donné joins The Project podcast of the Project Finance Institute for a frank look at what impact he expects from achieving fusion energy. Check out the podcast here: Spotify Google Podcasts Apple Podcasts Project Finance Institute website
A new solution to one of the major problems of fusion research
Plasma instabilities called Type-1 ELMs can melt the walls of fusion devices. EUROfusion Researcher Grant winner Georg Harrer lead a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) and the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) to find a way to get these outbursts under control. Their work is published in the renowned journal “Physical Review Letters”.